December 9, 2014

Objective:  I can talk-to-the-text of Brutus’s funeral speech to determine its literal meaning and its use of poetic devices.

Bell:  Use the 4-Step Process(dictionary):  thrice(adv), disprove(v), reverence(n), mutiny(n), and disposed(v)–leaning toward, or influenced toward a particular course of action.

Activities:

1.  Brief review at Promethean board of Talk-to-the-Text technique.

2.  Think Pair/Share:  Complete both sides of Antony’s speech with annotations for each chunk and paraphrases in the left column.

3.  Brief review at Promethean board of finding poetic devices.  Focus:  repetition of “honor” and the metaphor of “brutish beasts.”

4.  HW:  Complete the entire double entry journal for Thursday.